The group, led by frontman Shaun Ryder, will play their first gig of 2016 in Middlesbrough.

Audiences at the Tees Valley Arena on Linthorpe Road can expect all of the hits from the Manc outfit.

It will include classics such as Step On and Kinky Afro.

Tickets start at £29.50 for the gig, which takes place on Saturday, May 7 at the venue which used to be known as TFM Soundworks.

The Madchester music icons are making their first appearance on Teesside since 2014 after playing to packed crowds at Stockton’s Weekender festival (see the video above).

Happy Mondays

Two years ago, they headlined the main stage at the event, attended by 11,000 people, alongside the likes of Public Enemy and Martha Reeves and the Vandellas.

“The highlights have been Happy Mondays, touring together with the original members for the first time in a long time, who absolutely sparkled on the main stage,” said Paul Burns, director of Tees Music Alliance and Stockton Weekender at the time.

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Happy Mondays formed in 1980 in Salford.

The original line-up included Shaun Ryder on lead vocals with brother Paul Ryder on bass, lead guitarist Mark Day, keyboardist Paul Davis, and drummer Gary Whelan.

Mark ‘Bez’ Berry later joined the band onstage during a live performance and served as a dancer and percussionist.

Singer Rowetta joined to provide backing vocals in the early 90s.

Their first official release was the ‘Forty Five EP’ on Factory Records in September 1985. 1990 album ‘Pills ’n’ Thrills and Bellyaches went platinum in the UK.